Manufacture of bull-rings.



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MANUFACTURE OF BULL- RINGS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 17. 1906.

PATENTED MAR.10, 1908,

m IORRIS PETERS cm. WASHINGTON. n. c.

CHARLES PHIPSON SHOWELL, OF STIROHLEY, ENGLAND.

MANUFACTURE OF BULL-RINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Application filed April 17, 1906. Serial No. 812,257.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES PHIPSON SHowELL, subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing at Nine Elms, Stirchley, in the county ofWorcester, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inthe Manufacture of Bull-Rings, of which the following is aspecification.

. This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of bullrings, and refers to the construction of the same as hereinafter setforth, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a side view, and Fig. 2 an edge View of a ring made according to thismy invention. Fig. 3 shows the ring in its open position ready forinsertion into the nose of the animal. Figs. 4 to 8 inclusive illustratethe various stages of the manufacture of the S imilar reference numbersrefer throughout the several views to the same thing or art. p A rod ofmetal, usually of copper, is wound into a coil 10 of any convenientlength, (see Fig. 4), whose diameter slightly exceeds that of thedesired finished ring. This coil is now placed ina suitable holdingtool, or upon a mandrel, so that a thin'sawcut 11 may be made throughthe one side of the said coils, so that after such out has been made theparts fall off in the form of rings 12. A ring 12 is then closed, sothat its joint comes fair, as seen at 13. The ring is then secured inany suitable holding device, so that the diagonal sawcut 14 may be madeat the opposite side of the ring to the previously described severance.Thus the ring is now divided into two parts exactly alike, so that anytwo of such parts may form a ring complete. A hole 15 is now drilled andtapped in the one end of these parts, into which is firmly screwed thedowel or what is known as a grub screw 16, whose one end 1 standsforward to enter the complemental part to form the complete ring. One ofthese parts is now bent inwards, as shown at dotted lines 17, to permitof the screwing up of the two parts together. After this has been donethe bent part 17 is placed in suitable tools in a press, so that it maybe opened out to its original shape, that is, brought into line with theother portion. Suitable holes are now made in both parts to receive thefastening screw pin 18 the head of which is represented as countersunkinto one of the segments or sections of the ring. The entire ring is nowcleaned up, polished, or otherwise finished as desired while in itssecured position. It will be seen that the sharp points at 19 give thenecessary cutting quality to facilitate the piercing of the same throughthe nose of the animal. Its use therefore will be readily understood tobe as follows :With the removal of the screw pin 18 the ring may beopened, as seen in Fig. 3, when either of the ends 19 may be passedthrough the nose of the animal, then the two parts closed and secured bythe pin 18. By these means there is practically no waste of metal in themanufacture of these rings as required in the present form ofmanufacture, where certain parts have to be cut away to form male andfemale joints.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is Aring of the class described consisting of two duplicate segments theinner ends of which are provided with screw-threaded sockets, a screw ofuniform diameter throughout its length fitted in the two sockets forpivotally and removably connecting said segments together, each segmentbeing provided with an acute beveled end, the flat faces of the beveledends being adapted to abut and being provided with threadedperforations, and a screw fitted into said perforations, the head of thescrew being countersunk into one of said segments.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

'CHARLES PHIPSON SHOWELL.

